Re: Enhancement request for patch release announcements and READMEs

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Verheij <michael(dot)verheij(at)axisinto(dot)nl>, "pgsql-www(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-www(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Enhancement request for patch release announcements and READMEs
Date: 2026-09-05 15:57:54
Message-ID: 1658962.1788623874@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> writes:
> On 9/5/26 3:37 AM, Michael Verheij wrote:
>> As a new PostgreSQL DBA I struggle with getting a list of all post-
>> installation instructions for patches. Is it possible to have a section
>> in the README stating what has to be done against the PostgreSQL cluster
>> to apply database-related actions after a patch has been installed?

> As to previous patch announcements:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/

We (I) put very substantial effort into migration instructions for
minor releases. Right now, the best way to view those is in the
main documentation, eg for 17.11 see

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/release-17-11.html#RELEASE-17-11-MIGRATION

and then, if you skipped any minor releases, follow the breadcrumb
links to previous minors that had noteworthy migration issues.

The release-notes-only archive that Adrian mentions ought to be
the same text, but for some reason it's rendering without the
subsection headings, which at least IMO makes it a lot less
readable for this purpose.

(And that bad rendering *is* a fit subject for this list ...
anyone wanna fix it?)

regards, tom lane

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